Black Millicano coffee in my cup, as I contemplate my workload. Do you ever get to the point where you have so many choices of what to do next that you get paralysed, and do nothing instead?

Yup. That was my dissertation. I ended up calling it my little book report and thinking about individual chapters and not the whole thing. It was easier to work on chapter X then it was to work on my dissertation.

First mug of tea. For some reason known only to the gods of aging spines, my back started to get stiff and sore on Sunday and is dramatically painful today. I got a few hours of sleep in bed, but I'll be napping-while-sitting today. And moving slowly to get my tea!

Black Millicano coffee in my cup, as I contemplate my workload. Do you ever get to the point where you have so many choices of what to do next that you get paralysed, and do nothing instead?

Yep! And keep in mind... that nap is simply NOT going to take itself?

I'm going to have a glass of rum. I really would prefer some Bombay Sapphire, but I finally finished the bottle. It's amazing how long a bottle can last me. With the little bits and drips that I drink, and spreading them over a bottle of gin, tequila, and rum, I probably don't buy more than 3-4 bottles of alcohol a year. I don't gamble. I don't smoke cigarettes. Heck! I need a good vice!

We bag our own tea, we buy water dispensers to make sure the water is at the right temperature. We buy nice mugs and tea pots. Most of us would be pretty unhappy if our tea went away. Heck, there are some folks who might even have physical reaction to the loss of the caffeine.

I would call that a vice.

Working on my second cup of sencha. Nicely made in a purple cast iron tea part with water heated to 175 degrees and steeped for precisly 1 minute.

I'd like to try something else next. Maybe just those convenient tea bags. Chai? Genmaicha? There are a LOT of types... I fancy something sweet and strong. O tea zealots, which ones go with sugar/honey?

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Originally Posted by orlok

Black Millicano coffee in my cup, as I contemplate my workload. Do you ever get to the point where you have so many choices of what to do next that you get paralysed, and do nothing instead?

Especially near the end of a term, when there are at least 2 deadlines per day. My method: I take a nap. When I wake up I'll be so desperate that I'll actually do something productive